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Biographical details

Research interests

Dr Beaumont's research interests include Greek archaeology, especially that of Athens, Chios and Ionia, and the northern Cyclades; ancient Greek iconography; the archaeology and social history of children and childhood in Classical antiquity.

Dr Beaumont also organises, co-ordinates and co-teaches a three-week intensive Classical Archaeology Summer School in Greece for undergraduate and postgraduate students and high school teachers of Ancient History. The next Athens Summer School will run in January 2016: full details and an application form (application deadline 30 June 2015) may be found at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/archaeology/about/news/athens_summer_2016.shtml

Postgraduate supervision of completed and current research students includes: gesture in ancient Greek funerary art, iconography of vegetation in Greek figured vase painting, bath houses in the Athenian Agora, Roman portrait sculpture, household archaeology at Geometric Zagora, Early Iron Age metalworking at Zagora, ancient Greek textiles, the archaeology of religion in the Greek Iron Age, and maritime perspectives on the prehistoric and protohistoric Eastern Aegean.

Current projects

The Kato Phana Archaeological Project, Chios. This project, now in its final publication phase, focuses on investigation of the Late Bronze Age through Christian cult site located at Kato Phana on the East Greek island of Chios.

Awards and honours

Dr Beaumont was a recipient in 2010 of Honourable Mention in the University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Awards. She also received a Dean’s commendation for Excellence in Teaching in July 2015.

PhD and master's project opportunities

Selected grants

2015

2014

Children in Antiquity: Perspectives and Experiences of Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean; Beaumont L; University of Sydney/School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry Conference Seed Funding Scheme.

2013

Children and childhood in the ancient world: a cross-cultural analysis; Harrington N, Beaumont L; DVC Research/Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme.

2012

Settlement sustainability and societal change in the ancient Mediterranean: the case of Zagora; Miller M, Beaumont L, Paspalas S; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).

2010

Household and Community in Early Iron Age Zagora (Andros, Greece); Beaumont L, Miller M; Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney/Research Seed Funding Scheme.

Beaumont, L. (2013). Shifting Gender: Age and Social Status as Modifiers of Childhood Gender in Ancient Athens. In Judith Evans Grubbs, Tim Parkin, Roslynne Bell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World, (pp. 195-206). New York, USA: Oxford University Press.

Beaumont, L. (2011). Chios in the "Dark Ages": New Evidence from Kato Phana. In Alexander Mazarakis Ainian (Eds.), The Dark Ages Revisited: Acts of an International Symposium in Memory of William D.E. Coulson, (pp. 221-231). Volos, Greece: University of Thessaly Press.

Beaumont, L. (2003). The changing face of childhood. In Jenifer Neils, John H. Oakley (Eds.), Coming of age in ancient Greece : images of childhood from the classical past, (pp. 59-83). New Haven, USA: Yale University Press.

Beaumont, L. (2011). Chios in the "Dark Ages": New Evidence from Kato Phana. In Alexander Mazarakis Ainian (Eds.), The Dark Ages Revisited: Acts of an International Symposium in Memory of William D.E. Coulson, (pp. 221-231). Volos, Greece: University of Thessaly Press.

Beaumont, L. (2003). The changing face of childhood. In Jenifer Neils, John H. Oakley (Eds.), Coming of age in ancient Greece : images of childhood from the classical past, (pp. 59-83). New Haven, USA: Yale University Press.